Electric cigar-lighter.



. PATENTE-D SEPT. "i8, 1906 J. C. TOURNEE. ELEGTRIG GIGA?. LXGHTER.

AYPLIOAIION FILED SEPT. 25, 1905.'

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:Auris-'fd ont or other- 'sfis in the tes- .ie arrangement vi ir-rei'n :i iter sut d ont in the it pin-t of this My in.' e ture or 1 shows en elevadevice embodyde elevation li and with the is :i "inw of the e glowcro ne perret-(iin base,

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l. si. handle for l to be 4grasped #ff be et nnj: goed insure'. troc-d or hzifrd rnboesings and 3, ent if; :i e svr'in'od to this himl so its to telescope one ovni opei'iing n ,er one nl' these r my dori-ee, while :t support .ior the barils nge incl: se r. receptacle it. whirh nre mounted supporting-bracket 4, provided her. eww' in," die und are er ,irisation of Letters Paten if? secu- .l sermnfs lil. ring- 1 'i ,provided with an nsiilating lining 12, 5 on the ininri'zir oi which is fiscrew-threaded PATENT OFFICE.

' fll NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR TO GEN- '.Datented Sept. 1B, 1906. swt-i No. 280.104.

e U-shziped portion 5 vfor securing it to il i Y-,zi E and 3 by means of a screw' 6. 'Die lirneiret is also provided with the anule s portion?. through which it is secured to t e l nendie l iw means of the stud S. The socket e to the bracket 4 by ineens of the This socket comprises i1. body- Milli.

iig-lining 13. The base 14, preferporcelain, Ais also secured to the bracket fl by means of the screws 10 and forms n support ior the terminal 15, secured ivre-to by screw 16 and bent at the angle for 'ijzigenient with one of the cord-terminals :nid 1S et if). The lining 13 forms the other terminal by means of" the contact-plate 20, which is electrically connected with thev lining. A switch is .interposed between the co'rd-terinimils 1'7 and 1S it contact-plate 20. This snf'itch comprises e button 21 of insulating materiel inserted in the bracket 4,v so to slide in and out and provided with a coller LZ2. ingly in conter-t with the plate 20, so that the button 21 normally 'projects throuvh the casing. A Contact 24 1s secured to this button :ind is adopted to engage. contact-plate to close the circuit when the button is forced inward, cord-terminal 17 being in electrical connectionwith Contact 24. Casing 2 is provided at its upper end with an opening7 having` en' insulating-button 25 therein for supporting the cord-terminals. A heater-plug 26 is adopted to be screwed into the socket 9 and close the circuit from lining 13 to contact 15. This plug forms no part of my invention, und I shall therefore not attempt to describe it in detail. The heating part of this plug consists oi" a line wire 26 of resist- :mee material inserted in the body7 of porcelain or other insulating mai-veria] 27 and having a screw-threaded condiirting-surfzwe 28, whichv forms one terminal of the resistance- Wire, while the Contact L9 in the end of thnplug forms the other. A sheet of mim is piumini over the 'resiste-n e-wiro end e Cep 30, pro-- vided with en opening, secures thesiune in place.

'The operation of my device will be readily miderstmid 'from the above description.

When it is desired to use my eig:1r-iight l,'

the handle is grasped by the hunthwhile the" A spring 23 holdsthe collar yieldxoo the circuit is closed betweencontact-plate 2 .and contact 24. Current then passes v .through thecord terminal 18 to contact 15,

thence to contact 29, through the resistance- Wire in the plug to the lining 13, through the switch, and back to terminal 17. The resistance-wire is thus heated to redness and the radiant heat is suiicient to ignitea cigar "jffteleseo ing casings, a socket inclosed there^ i9.'

on the outside of the mica, thereby forming a convenient and efiicient lighter. h

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An igniting device comprising telescoping casings, a socket carrying circuit-termina s anda switch therefor within the same, said casings being cut away to form an opening into said receptacle.

2. device comprising telescop telescoping casings, a, socket, a heating unit therefor, and a switch within said. casing, said unit and switch projecting through the said casing.

4. An igniting device comprising a pair of ein, .an a heating unit supported by said receptacleand projecting through the casing.

'Lgf'.y igniti4 device comprising a casing @support there 'ora socket provided wit circuit-terminals mounted in said casing, and

a switch 'within and projecting through the said casing in longitudinal alinement with said socket,

6. An igniting device comprising a casin a support therefor, a socket provided Wit circuit-terminals mounted in said, casing, a heating unit in said socket, and -a switch within and projecting through the said casing in longitudinal alinement with said socket. A

7. An igniting device comprising a pair of casings having an opening therein, va support for said casings, a Vsocket provided with'circuit-terminals mounted in said. opening, a heating unit in said socket, and a switch for. closing'a circuit through said unit within'the casing and projecting through the same in longitudinal alinement with said socket.'

8. An igniting device comprising a handle, a pair of telescoping casings mounted thereon and provided with anopening, a heating 55 unit in said. opening, and a switch within one of said casings for closing a circuit through said heating unit, said handle, heating unit, o

and switch all being in longitudinal alinement.

rln witness whereof I have hereunto set my hafhdthis 22d day of September-,1905. JULIUS C. TOURNIER. Witnesses:

G. C. HOLLISTER, HELEN ORFoRD. 

